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Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:08:48 -0500Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:15:51 -0500Wanted felon arrested during Oak Ridge raidhttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/661262-wanted-felon-arrested-during-oak-ridge-raid
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(WBIR - ANDERSON COUNTY) A joint operation between Oak Ridge Police and the Anderson County Sheriff's Department led to the arrest of a wanted felon.
Deputies received a tip that Jesse Lee Shackelford, 32, was at a home Wednesday on Robertsville Road in Oak Ridge. He was wanted on several outstanding warrants in Anderson and Knox Counties.
Authorities surrounded the home and SWAT members...</p>News661262Thursday, November 19th, 12:08 amOak Ridge - Anderson NewsCollege student from Oak Ridge hit, killed by car in Pa.http://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/661182-college-student-oak-ridge-hit-killed-car-pa
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(WBIR) An Oak Ridge college student was hit and killed by a car Thursday night while at school in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Hannah Morris, 20, was in her junior year studying neuroscience at Allegheny College, according to Fox affiliate WJET-TV.
Police said the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Morris was struck by a car driven by Jeffrey Freeman, 35, of Meadville.
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WBIR-OAK RIDGE) An Oak Ridge man will spend a decade behind bars for trying to kill another man with a sword.
In 2012, police charged Jeffery Smith with attempted 2nd degree murder and aggravated assault. During a fight, investigators said he stabbed Michael Showalter with the sword.
This week, Smith pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to ten years in prison. He has already...</p>News661062Tuesday, October 27th, 3:29 pmOak Ridge - Anderson NewsMissing person found dead in hospital parking lothttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/660582-missing-person-found-dead-hospital-parking-lot
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(WBIR-Oak Ridge) Oak Ridge Police say they found the body of a missing person inside their car, which was parked in a hospital parking lot.
The person, who was not identified, was reported missing to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office on Sunday. They asked Oak Ridge officers to check the parking lot at Methodist Medical Center for the missing person's car.
Officers found the car, unlocked...</p>News660582Monday, July 27th, 3:44 pmOak Ridge - Anderson NewsLocal officer awarded after saving woman's life in firehttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/660302-local-officer-awarded-after-saving-womans-life-fire
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(WBIR-Oak Ridge) An Oak Ridge police officer's courageous act this year is earning him accolades.
Officer Nathan Stinnett was awarded the Lifesaving Award at the 2015 Police Memorial after rescuing a woman earlier this year. Stinnett saved the woman's life after rushing into her burning home, which had been engulfed by 10-foot...</p>News660302Wednesday, May 27th, 5:46 pmOak Ridge - Anderson NewsRAM hosting free clinic this weekend in Anderson Countyhttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/659962-ram-hosting-free-clinic-weekend-anderson-county
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(WBIR) Remote Area Medical will hold a free medical clinic on Saturday and Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Clinton.
Doctors will provide free medical, dental and vision screenings for anyone who needs it.
Patients are served on a first-come first-serve basis. Hundreds of people normally turn up for the clinics.
The parking lot opens at midnight and patients will get a...</p>News659962Friday, April 10th, 11:29 pmOak Ridge - Anderson NewsClinton PD looking for scrap metal thiefhttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/659862-clinton-pd-looking-scrap-metal-thief
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Clinton Police detectives hope surveillance video will have them track down a thief.
Investigators said someone broke into Scrap Metal Solutions, on J.D. Yarnell Industrial Parkway, sometime over the weekend.
One of the suspects was caught on tape, and they ask if anyone has any information about the man in the video, to call Lt Carl Bailey or Detective Jason Lawson at 865-457-3112.
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A former nurse pleaded not guilty to filing a false report on the death of an inmate in the Anderson County jail.
The district attorney said in 2012, Billy Joe Brockman filed a report claiming that he checked the inmate's vital signs, when he actually had not checked them. Officials said the inmate appeared to be drunk and high when he was booked and later died in custody.
Brockman was...</p>News659562Tuesday, March 31st, 12:55 pmOak Ridge - Anderson NewsOfficials: Cigarette may have sparked fire in Oak Ridge duplexhttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/659472-officials-cigarette-may-have-sparked-fire-oak-ridge-duplex
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Firefighters believe a discarded cigarette sparked a fire that damaged an Oak Ridge duplex.
Officials evacuated the duplex on Hillside Road at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, according a City of Oak Ridge press release. A father and son safely escaped the fire, and firefighters were able to rescue a pet cat during the response.
In 15 minutes, crews quickly extinguished the fire and prevented it from...</p>News659472Friday, March 27th, 11:25 amOak Ridge - Anderson NewsOak Ridge police search for attempted first degree murder suspecthttp://oakridge.wbir.com/news/news/659382-oak-ridge-police-search-attempted-first-degree-murder-suspect
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Oak Ridge police are searching for a man wanted on attempted first-degree murder charges.
According to a police department release, Asante Harris, 33, of Oak Ridge is considered armed and dangerous.
Police said based on evidence at the crime scene, Harris fired several shots at a person on the 200 block of S. Dillard Avenue shortly before 9:45 a.m. Monday.
Officials have issued three...</p>News659382Tuesday, March 24th, 12:57 pmOak Ridge - Anderson News